I think this is for the better (ie. him not being stuck). Even though he's been showing good results in team leagues lately, he had grown old and didn't show good enough individually.

I remember two series of his:
MLG: Against Boxer - great games.
NASL against SaSe(I think) - he played poorly and was not interested in playing TvP, so he cheesed all games with proxyraxes and bunkerrush. Really poor showing.

SolidMoose

United States1240 Posts

November 06 2012 18:04 GMT

#44

Bye Rain

On the bright side, it's less confusing having only one Rain

shid0x

Korea (South)5014 Posts

November 06 2012 18:07 GMT

#45

One rain leaves and the other join.
Coincidence ? I think not !

I will miss Rain,he provided some very interesting games in the past,best of luck for the future.

SupLilSon

Malaysia4123 Posts

November 06 2012 18:07 GMT

#46

Farewell Rain, I'll never forget Season 2 when you made the finals.

kiy0

Portugal593 Posts

November 06 2012 18:08 GMT

#47

The first ever Korean pro to join a foreign team. Best of luck to him.

AlternativeEgo

Sweden17309 Posts

November 06 2012 18:08 GMT

#48

On November 07 2012 02:13 Sinedd wrote:
saw this coming actually..

didnt hear from him for a looooong time..

I hope he aint switching to LoL ?

He played a game in the GSTL just the other day though, but yeah.

nooboon

2602 Posts

November 06 2012 18:09 GMT

#49

And so ends the tale of the first notable Korean to transfer to a foreign team.

Probably for the best, although still very sad to see him go

ReachTheSky

United States3294 Posts

November 06 2012 18:10 GMT

#50

I was just thinking about him the other day. Best of luck and thanks for the ggs!

Kal_rA

United States2925 Posts

November 06 2012 18:10 GMT

#51

There can only be one rain. And one Sun.

Sad to see another one leave though

Drake

Germany6146 Posts

November 06 2012 18:10 GMT

#52

i would liked it more if one changed his nick instead of retire but now its only ONE rain which makes it alot easier ^^

Jetaap

France4814 Posts

November 06 2012 18:14 GMT

#53

I'd love to see some statistics on the distribution of the race of people retiring.

ssg

United States1774 Posts

November 06 2012 18:16 GMT

#54

Him vs. Boxer is the greatest sc2 game ever.

DarKFoRcE

Germany1215 Posts

November 06 2012 18:18 GMT

#55

Its probably better for him. I think we might see more retirements in the near future. There is too many players and too little money.

Fragile51

Netherlands15767 Posts

November 06 2012 18:20 GMT

#56

On November 07 2012 03:08 kiy0 wrote:
The first ever Korean pro to join a foreign team. Best of luck to him.

Didn't Oz beat him by a few days? Sad to see someone retire but to be fair, he hasn't really done anything notably after getting 2nd in GSL in 2010, which most people know he achieved by using...interesting strats :p Too bad rain, good luck with whatever you might do after this.

D_K_night

Canada615 Posts

November 06 2012 18:20 GMT

#57

It's sad to see him go because his playstyle did help define the good ol' early days of the GSL.

I still miss those days. Jinro, IdrA, Rain...all together in the GSL...

NotoriousBig

Germany301 Posts

November 06 2012 18:21 GMT

#58

Good luck in life, i will missing you, Rain.

GhandiEAGLE

United States20754 Posts

November 06 2012 18:21 GMT

#59

Now the last vestiges of the first GSLs are gone...

Deckkie

Netherlands1595 Posts

November 06 2012 18:23 GMT

#60

On November 07 2012 03:18 DarKFoRcE wrote:
Its probably better for him. I think we might see more retirements in the near future. There is too many players and too little money.

You wont retire, right?
I wont allow it!

edit: oops, I feel sad about rain too. I have good memorys of his games.
<3 Rain!